Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Clinician's Guide

by Maurice F. Prout, Kirtland C. Peterson, Robert A. Schwarz

Book Overview

For hundreds of years, the human response to personal and collective catastrophe has been recognized. Major historical events of the twen- tieth century have highlighted the reality of the human response to extreme traumatization, especially the experience of persons exposed to the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the unique features of the Vietnam conflict. However, it was not until1980,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030643542X
• ISBN13: 9780306435423
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"